Let me put it like this. He was a 5'6" middleweight and when he was blind and way past his prime (and, allow me to repeat, blind), he knocked out a heavyweight who could have been a real challenger to the title in Harry Wills.

He also beat Joe Gans, Barbados Joe and Stanley Ketchel. He beat Jack Blackburn. He fought FOREVER. He was dominant from lightweight to heavyweight. The dude was just a boxing savant.

Let me put it like this. He was a 5'6" middleweight and when he was blind and way past his prime (and, allow me to repeat, blind), he knocked out a heavyweight who could have been a real challenger to the title in Harry Wills.

He also beat Joe Gans, Barbados Joe and Stanley Ketchel. He beat Jack Blackburn. He fought FOREVER. He was dominant from lightweight to heavyweight. The dude was just a boxing savant.

i am now very interested in his weights throughout the years if anybody could post them. for some reason the weights are no longer listed on boxrec - or they've been moved. I haven't visited in a while.